length of historical novel

I read that historical novels are typically 70,000 words and up, as compared with other novels, which are considered reasonable if less wordy.
I've written two 'historical novels' which are between 50 and 60,000 words. Am I shooting myself in the foot, if I call them that, given the shorter word count? Or should I try to find another genre to use as a label instead?

historical novel or not?

After doing a bit of genre research, I'm starting to think that maybe what I have is not a historical novel, after all, despite the fact that it does occur at a specific period in time, i.e. a century ago. It more closely fits the 'old' definition of a psychological novel and now would probably go under the genre of commercial (not mainstream) fiction, because it is less based on specific world events and more on the inner psyches of the characters. This seems to work well for me in terms of word count, too, since there is a bit more flexibility for such novels, as compared with historicals.